Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Vincent, Alfred 1861 -
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Author: History of Grundy Co 1882
Alfred Vincent, blacksmith, Braceville. Mr. Vincent was born July 5, 1861, in
Montreal, Can., and is a son of Julian and Asena (La Rock) Vincent, natives of
Canada. The family came to Illinois in 1865, settling at Manteno, Kankakee
County. The parents had nine children - Frank, Will, Ed, Julian, Alfred,
Lillie, Agnes, Lina and Napoleon. Our subject attended school but little, and
learned the carpenter's trade, beginning it when about ten years old. At the
age of sixteen he began learning the blacksmith's trade with Thomas O'Neal of
Braidwood, with whom he remained for about three years. In 1882, he began his
present business, that of a general blacksmith and wagon, buggy and repair
shop, at which he is succeeding admirably, having in his employ two men of
experience.
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Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois. (1882) Chicago: O.L. Baskin & Co.
Historical Publishers.
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